High School Computer Science Teacher [2018-19 School Year]

Job Type

Salary

Details:
Excel provides a competitive compensation package that includes benefits and is commensurate with experience.

Published:

03/12/2018

Address

Boston
MA
United States

Description

Organizational Overview

Excel Academy Charter Schools is a network of tuition-free, public charter schools serving the Massachusetts communities of East Boston and Chelsea. It was founded to address the severe academic underperformance and low college matriculation rates of the student populations in these neighborhoods. Our founders envisioned a free, public school alternative where all students would be held to the highest academic and behavioral expectations, and college would become a reality. As a true public school, Excel is defined not by whom we exclude but by whom we include in our community. We are proud of the fact that we serve many students with special needs.

The network’s first school opened in fall 2003 in East Boston and now serves 224 students, grades 5 through 8. Excel Academy Chelsea, the 2nd school in our network, opened in fall 2011. Our third school, Excel Academy Orient Heights, opened in August of 2012. And our first high school, Excel Academy Charter High School, opened in fall 2015. Excel now educates 960 students in grades 5-10. At full scale in 2019, Excel will enroll a total of 1,350 students in grades 5-12.

Duties and Responsibilities

Excel teachers are responsible for delivering effective, high-quality, rigorous college-preparatory instruction designed to foster the success of their students. Teachers who thrive at Excel tend to be entrepreneurial instructors and hungry learners who crave frequent, high-quality feedback on their practice. They also have a great deal of passion and expertise in their content area that they are eager to share with students. Our Computer Science teacher will collaborate with our Founding Computer Science teacher and work with Project Lead the Way resources and supports to develop courses that inspire a love of engineering and problem-solving through hands-on, inquiry-based projects and problems. This position will perform a variety of essential responsibilities, including (but not limited to):

· Attend a 2-week summer professional development training program with Project Lead the